Original Broadway Cast Of Hamilton - Hurricane Lyrics

Original Broadway Cast Of Hamilton Lyrics

"Hurricane"
(from "Hamilton: An American Musical" soundtrack)

[Hamilton:]
In the eye of a hurricane
There is quiet
For just a moment
A yellow sky

When I was seventeen a hurricane
Destroyed my town
I didn't drown
I couldn't seem to die

I wrote my way out
Wrote everything down far as I could see
I wrote my way out
I looked up and the town had its eyes on me

They passed a plate around
Total strangers
Moved to kindness by my story
Raised enough for me to book passage on a
Ship that was New York bound…

I wrote my way out of hell
I wrote my way to revolution
I was louder than the crack in the bell
I wrote Eliza love letters until she fell
I wrote about The Constitution and defended it well
And in the face of ignorance and resistance
I wrote financial systems into existence
And when my prayers to God were met with indifference
I picked up a pen, I wrote my own deliverance

In the eye of a hurricane
There is quiet
For just a moment
A yellow sky

I was twelve when my mother died
She was holding me
We were sick and she was holding me
I couldn't seem to die

[Burr:]
Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it…

[Hamilton:]
I'll write my way out…

[Burr and Ensemble:]
Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it…

[Hamilton:]
Write ev'rything down, far as I can see…

[Burr and Ensemble (Washington/Eliza/Angelica/Maria):]
Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait… (History has its eyes on you)

[Hamilton:]
I'll write my way out…
Overwhelm them with honesty
This is the eye of the hurricane, this is the only
Way I can protect my legacy…

[Company (Except Hamilton):]
Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait…

[Hamilton:]
The Reynolds Pamphlet

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Writer(s): Lin-manuel Miranda

The choreography and lighting during this song are some of the most beautiful in the whole musical. The dancers move in a way as if they are caught in a hurricane.

Alexander Hamilton wrote the Reynolds Pamphlet to save his reputation.

Lin-Manuel has said in interviews that there is a parallel between Alexander Hamilton, being young and using his pen to write his way out of difficulties, and hip-hop artists, writing about their struggles and becoming wealthy despite them.

Alexander Hamilton finally tells openly about many of his losses during his life, starting from the death of his mother to the death of Laurens. That's why, being under pressure, he made a wrong decision and wrote that Reynolds Pamphlet.

"Hurricane" lyrics

Original Broadway Cast Of Hamilton Lyrics